Late Prehistoric Southwest

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archaeological culture area prehistoric period

The Late Prehistoric Southwest refers to the era in the American Southwest just before sustained European contact, marked by complex agricultural societies, large pueblos, extensive trade networks, and distinctive pottery and architectural traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Late Prehistoric Southwest canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture area ⓘ prehistoric period ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	architectural remains ⓘ ceramic typologies ⓘ faunal and botanical remains ⓘ settlement patterns ⓘ
associatedWith	Ancestral Puebloan cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ Fremont culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Hohokam tradition ⓘ Mogollon tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Oasisamerica cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
endsWith	onset of Spanish colonial presence in the Southwest ⓘ
features	check dams and agricultural terraces ⓘ irrigation canals in some regions ⓘ kivas and ceremonial structures ⓘ multi-room masonry pueblos ⓘ platform mounds in some regions ⓘ plaza-oriented villages ⓘ room blocks and great houses in some areas ⓘ
follows	Middle Prehistoric Southwest ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	complex agricultural societies ⓘ distinctive architectural traditions ⓘ distinctive pottery traditions ⓘ extensive trade networks ⓘ large pueblos ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	bean cultivation ⓘ cotton cultivation in some regions ⓘ hunting and gathering supplementation ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn	American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
potteryStyle	black-on-white ceramics ⓘ corrugated wares ⓘ polychrome ceramics ⓘ red-on-brown ceramics ⓘ
precedes	historic period in the American Southwest ⓘ
religiousFeature	iconography on pottery and rock art ⓘ ritual architecture ⓘ
socialOrganization	evidence of social differentiation ⓘ village-based communities ⓘ
timePeriodApproximate	ca. AD 900–1600 ⓘ just before sustained European contact ⓘ
tradeItem	copper bells ⓘ macaws and macaw feathers ⓘ obsidian ⓘ shell ornaments ⓘ turquoise ⓘ
tradeNetworkExtent	exchange among Pueblo, Hohokam, and Mogollon regions ⓘ interregional exchange with Mesoamerica ⓘ

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Pueblo II period → temporalContext → Late Prehistoric Southwest ⓘ